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Thematic Option (CORE)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in AHF410; phone (213) 740-2955.

CORE 101g: Symbols and Conceptual Systems: Thematic Option Honors Progr (4.0 units)

Study of the structures through which we shape our experience in religion, philosophy, literature, music, and the visual arts, and of competing theories of interpretation. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: Register for one lecture-discussion or lecture and one discussion immediately following that lecture and lab. This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Thematic Option students can obtain D-clearance through the program.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
63500D	001	Lecture-Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Roberto Diaz	VKC252
63503D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Hector Reyes	VKC252
63507R	001	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	30 of 200		VKC156
63508D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	8 of 60		OFFICE

CORE 102gp: Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors Program (4.0 units)

Systematic reasoning about values and ways of living; close reading of major texts within the Western Tradition; Biblical and classical through contemporary sources. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Thematic Option students can obtain D-clearance through the program.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
63509D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 28	Veli N Yashin	VKC211
63510D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 28	Daniel Richter	VKC157
63511D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	26 of 28	David Albertson	WPH103
63512D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 28	Emily Anderson	WPH101
63513D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	26 of 28	Margaret Russett	ZHS360
63514D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	25 of 28	Anthony Kemp	VKC257	PDF (485191 KB)
63515D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 28	William Handley	LVL13
63516D	001	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Monday	98 of 200		THH208
63517D	001	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	75 of 120		THH208
63518D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	0 of 5		OFFICE

CORE 103g: The Process of Change in Science: Thematic Option Honors Pro (4.0 units)

Critical problems in the development of scientific thought, studied as vehicles for understanding the content and structure of the sciences. Specific subject matter in selected scientific disciplines will be presented. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
63565D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 19	Peter Westwick	LVL3B
63520D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Wed, Fri	17 of 19	Lynn Dodd,Jill Sohm	LVL3B
63568D	001	Lab	12:00-4:00pm	Friday	17 of 19	Lynn Dodd,Jill Sohm
63521D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	23 of 42	Dani Byrd	VPD106
63522D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	16 of 20	Miran Oh	SOSB48
63523D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	7 of 21	Miran Oh	GFS210
63524D	001	Lecture-Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 19	John Vidale	THH115	PDF (169500 KB)
63527R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	49 of 65		THH114
63528D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	11 of 40		OFFICE

CORE 104gw: Change and the Future: Thematic Option Honors Program (4.0 units)

Analysis of historical change; social and political theory and revolutionary thought; introduction to competing images of future states of affairs; the continuing process of change. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Thematic Option students can obtain D-clearance through the program.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
63535D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 19	Richard Fox	VKC205
63532D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 40	Neetu Khanna	SOSB44
63533D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	21 of 21	Athia Choudhury	SOSB48
63534D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	19 of 21	Athia Choudhury	VKC207
63529D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	34 of 42	Sharon Lloyd	THH118
63530D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	19 of 21	Zachary Goodsell	GFS111
63531D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	15 of 21	Zachary Goodsell	GFS111
63536R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Thursday	62 of 100		THH208
63537D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	28 of 30		OFFICE

CORE 111: Writing Seminar I: Thematic Option Honors Program (4.0 units)

Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
63538D	001	Lecture	9:00-10:20am	Mon, Wed	14 of 14	Alison Pearl	AHF410G
63540D	001	Lecture	10:30-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 13	Kendra Atkin	AHF410G
63542D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:20pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 13	Patience Moll	AHF410G
63544D	001	Lecture	1:30-2:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 13	Amy Cannon	AHF410G
63546D	001	Lecture	3:00-4:20pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 13	Amy Cannon	AHF410G
63548D	001	Lecture	4:30-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 13	Patience Moll	AHF410G
63550D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 13	Darby Walters	AHF410G
63552D	001	Lecture	9:00-10:20am	Tue, Thu	13 of 13	Rebecca Ehrhardt	AHF410G
63554D	001	Lecture	10:30-11:50am	Tue, Thu	12 of 13	Trisha Tucker	AHF410G
63556D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 13	Teddy Lance	AHF410G
63558D	001	Lecture	1:30-2:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 13	Michael Petitti	AHF410G
63560D	001	Lecture	3:00-4:20pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 15	Aaron Winslow	AHF410G
63562D	001	Lecture	4:30-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 13	Michael Petitti	AHF410G
63564D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 13	Aaron Winslow	AHF410G

CORE 200: Liberal Arts Reading Salon (2.0 units)

Critical readings of a series of texts in the liberal arts designed to promote discussion of important themes, theoretical approaches, research directions, and interdisciplinary connections. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
63576D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	11 of 12	Michael Petitti	WPH204

CORE 450: Los Angeles: A Polymathic Inquiry (2.0-4.0 units, max 4)

A guided polymathic inquiry into Los Angeles as fact and imaginative creation, featuring in-depth student research and projects.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
63578D	001	2.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 15	William Deverell, Karin Huebner	DML241

CORE 601: Teaching Analytical Writing through Readings in the Humanities (1.0 units, max 4)

Theories and practices in university-level teaching of close-reading and analytical writing, using texts central to Western tradition. Graduate student professionalization throught topical workshops and discussions. Open to assistant lecturers and teaching assistants only. Graded CR/NC.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
63570D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Friday	4 of 5	Trisha Tucker	AHF410G

Information accurate as of October 10, 2019 1:02 pm.
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